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Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Soraya M. Castro Mariño and Ronald W. Pruessen Part I. Cuba in the Global Context 1. U.S. Policy toward Latin America since 1959: How Exceptional Is Cuba? 13 Lars Schoultz 2. An Island on the Doorstep of the World: Cuba’s Place in U.S. Global Visions 30 Ronald W. Pruessen 3. “Flicking the Eagle’s Feathers”?: Cuba, Revolution, and the International System 52 Candace Sobers 4. Havana and Moscow: The Washington Factor 72 Mervyn J. Bain 5. Does the Canada-Cuba Relationship Offer Any Lessons for Washington? 90 Peter McKenna and John M. Kirk 6. The European Union and Cuba 117 Joaquín Roy Part II. Cuba and the United States, 1959–2009 7. The Personal Is Political: Animus and Malice in the U.S. Policy toward Cuba, 1959–2009 137 Louis A. Pérez Jr. 8. The Eisenhower-Castro Years: The United States, Cuba, and the Challenges of Change 167 Francisca López Civeira 9. The Kennedy-Castro Years 184 David A. Welch 10. The Johnson-Nixon-Castro Years: Superpower Containment of Cuba 199 William O. Walker III 11. The Nixon-Ford-Castro Years 223 Rosa López-Oceguera 12. The Carter-Castro Years: A Unique Opportunity 237 Robert A. Pastor 13. The Reagan-Castro Years: The “New Right” and Its Anti-Cuban Obsession 261 Ramón Sánchez-Parodi Montoto 14. The George H. W. Bush–Clinton–Castro Years: From the Cold War to the Colder War (1989–2001) 279 Jorge I. Domínguez 15. The George W. Bush–Castro Years 303 Soraya M. Castro Mariño and Philip Brenner 16. The New Cuban American Politics: Passion, Affection, Dollars, and the Emergence of MiHavana 333 Damián Fernández Part III. Visions of the Future 17. Transitology, Realpolitik—and Todo lo Contrario: Old and New Futures in U.S.-Cuban Relations 349 Rafael M. Hernández 18. U.S.-Cuban Relations: Prospects for Cooperative Coexistence 359 William M. LeoGrande and Marguerite Rose Jiménez 19. The Time for Cuba Is Coming 374 Víctor López Villafañe Bibliography 383 List of Contributors 401 Index 409 ...

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